A little girl passed away Monday after she fell from a window in an apartment building.

Police said they responded to the home Monday afternoon after getting a report that a 5-year-old child had fallen out of a window of the building.

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The Brookline Fire Department’s deputy chief said the child was playing with friends when she fell approximately 35 feet onto the concrete below. Authorities said adults were in the apartment unit when the incident occurred.

She was taken to Boston Children's Hospital where police said she was pronounced dead.